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Human spectrin. II. An electro-optic study.

A Mikkelsen·A Elgsaeter
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The electrically induced birefringence of human spectrin heterodimer solutions has been studied. 1. Human spectrin heterodimers were found to have a specific Kerr constant Bsp = +(5 +/- 2) . 10(-11) m4/(V2 . kg). 2. Human spectrin exhibited a birefringence relaxation time tau decay = (2.0 +/- 0.3) microseconds. 3. The electro-optic study indicates that human spectrin heterodimers have a contour length of more than 40--50 nm.

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A Mikkelsen, A Elgsaeter. 1978-09-26. Human spectrin. II. An electro-optic study.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-2795(78)90070-3

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